Novices on Mac vs. MSDOS

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From: Gordon E. Banks
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1988 16:14

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Anyone who claims MSDOS is as easy to use as the MACs is crazy.
We had CP/M and MSDOS computers around our department for years
before getting MACs.  While many used them, there were several
professors who needed and wanted to use computers who never could
get the hang of using the command lines or found them so frustrating
they continued to use alternatives.  With Macs, these are now quite
pleased and one has even been doing his own statistical analysis
using EXCEL macros.  

In the undergraduate computing lab here, I also notice lines to use
the Macs while the AT&T clones just sit idle.  This is one reason why Apple
has a back-log of orders and is able to raise prices while IBM
is cutting prices.

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From: geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks)
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Subject: Novices on Mac vs. MSDOS
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Date: 21 Sep 88 16:14:32 GMT
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